9th Annual EFS 72 Hour Horror Film Competition Filmmaker Registration Form
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2024 COMPETITION OVERVIEW

Emerald Broadband proudly presents the Eugene Film Society’s 9th Annual 72-Hour Horror Film Competition.

From Thursday, October 17th, 2024 through Sunday, October 20th, 2024, local and regional filmmakers are invited to compete to produce the best 3 minute horror film within 72 hours, incorporating a mandated line of dialogue and prop. Films submitted by deadline will be screened by a jury of media professionals, and public audiences at the Art House (formerly the Bijou) cinema during the week of October 25th-31st, 2024. 

The film selected “Jury Award” winner will receive a $666 cash prize, and the film voted “Audience Award” winner by the screening event audiences will also receive a $666 cash prize.

Additionally, awards will be given for excellence in several categories, with prize packages provided by sponsoring businesses.

All competing teams must register by 7:59pm on Thursday, October 17th, 2024. Registered filmmakers must check in at the Art House cinema on Thursday, October 17th, 2024 between 4:00pm-8:00pm where they will be notified of the mandated line of dialogue and prop.  This is a casual drop-in event, so filmmaking teams can check in and dive right into the creative process.

Completed films must be returned via USB drive at the Art House, or via GoogleDrive, DropBox or WeTransfer, no later than 8:00pm on Sunday, October 20th, 2024.  Films submitted by deadline, and meeting all specifications and guidelines, will be screened publicly at the Art House several times throughout the week of October 25th-31st, 2024. Audience members at the public screenings will be invited to vote for their favorite film and determine the 2024 "Audience Award" winner.  

Advance tickets for the screenings can be purchased using the 50% filmmaker discount promo code below. Enter the code during checkout on the final payment screen (this system will not apply the discount until the final step).

50% TICKET DISCOUNT PROMO CODE: NIGHTMARE2024 (valid online only)

Tickets will go on sale at the beginning of October.

Major support for this event comes from Emerald Broadband, offering internet so fast… it’s scary.

REMOTE PARTICIPATION

If you are not in the immediate area and/or are unable to check in for the kick-off in person, we are happy to make reasonable accommodations for remote participation, but arrangements must be made in advance.  Please include a note in the registration form and we will reach out to you to outline the standards for remote participation and submission.


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Team Name *
This will be used to identify your team-- you may use your director/producer's name(s)... or get creative.
Contact Person *
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Do you plan to participate remotely?
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What sort filmmaking experience do your team members have?
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School (if applicable)
Have you participated as a filmmaker in a previous year's EFS event?
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RULES

1. No equipment, cast/crew, or support of any kind will be provided by the Eugene Film Society during the competition. Each team must use the resources independently available to them. Participants are solely responsible for understanding how to use and maintain their own equipment. All risk associated with the production, including but not limited to equipment failure or damage, lies solely with the production team. Additionally, no technical assistance will be provided by EFS at any point during the competition-- please take the time to verify your post-production workflow in advance.

2. With the sole exception of music, which must be original, licensed (creative commons or otherwise), or otherwise royalty free, all intellectual material -- including but not limited to script, story, animation, sound effects, and special effects -- must be generated within the seventy-two hour competition time period.  No stock or found footage created outside of that time period may be used. Films will be disqualified or penalized for unauthorized use of copyrighted or pre-existing material in their production.

3. Each production team is responsible for generating, securing and submitting talent and location release forms for every member of their cast, crew, and for all locations used. 

4. EFS reserves the perpetual and non-exclusive right to exhibit, reproduce, manipulate, distribute or sell, without consideration to the production team or talent, any and all submitted films, in whole or in part, in any format or form of media.

5. To be eligible for the "Jury Award" and "Audience Award," films must be physically or digitally received by an EFS volunteer or board member no later than Sunday, October 20th 2024 at 8:00pm.

6. Total runtime of the completed film must be between 2 and 3 minutes long, including any credits; the completed film must include both the mandated prop and creative element, and must feature the mandated competition "title card" for at least 3 seconds at the beginning of the video file. 

7. Completed films must be submitted in one of the following formats:

2K or 4K DCP: This is the preferred format, and will play back in the highest quality. Please note when exporting/copying/sending your DCP that the folder and all files within it must not be renamed or moved into subdirectories— no changes can be made after exporting the DCP— even minor spelling corrections to filenames can make the DCP unplayable.

QUICKTIME FILE using exactly these specs: .mov or .mp4; h264 codec; 23.98 or 24fps (this is imperative - non-standard framerates such as 25, 29.97, 30 cannot be accepted); 1920x1080 resolution; AAC audio; please no ProRes, DNx or other proprietary formats.

DELIVERY OPTIONS:

via DropBox, WeTransfer, FileMail, etc.: share with edward@broadwaymetro.com

via GoogleDrive: share with broadwaymetrocinema@gmail.com

via USB drive

8. Please use the following naming convention when saving your final file: "YOUR MOVIE TITLE_Your Team Name"

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